New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-23
GETTING YACHTS IN TRIM.
GENERAL PAINE VISITS THE THISTLE.
HE THINKS THE SCOTCH BOAT rowERrUL--DIv-

| HE THINKS THE SCOTCH DOAT POwERFUL--DIF-
| FERESCEs BETWEEN THE TWO YACHTS.
General Paine, the Volunteers owner, got for the
first time yesterday correct idea of the sort Of craft
that the country expects him to beat He had the
Thistle sailing and at anchor of course but It is what
atere Is of boat below the waterne that tells her
story to the yachtsman And the story that the Thistle
told General Paino may be inferred from the remark
he let fall after gazing at her thoughtully for mnute
BY Jovc, she'll be a mighty fast boat in a light
wind"
And then he added after contemplating her critically
| q little longer:
! There Is more OF her below tho waterne than
had Judged from the descriptions have read of her.
| She s a powerful boat"
This General PaIne's tribute to the most dan
gerous antagonist that he has been called upon to sail
against In defence OF the Americas cup General Paine
had received invitation to inspect the Thistle nom
Mr. Bell and arrived at the dry dock In the afternoon,
Designer Watson the deck Of the Thistle at the
me and when apprlsed of the presence Of bis visitor
clambercd nimbiy down the ladder from the Thistle to
the bottom the dock and the steps of the dock TO
extend TO him a cordial hand shake. And whichever
yacht wins they will shake hands s more cordially
when Is all over for their rivalry breeds only gem
4 erous feelings OF mutual esteem and respect
"wont you come down and look at her bottom
| closer ~ said Mr. Watson
"well, II you don't mind having me do 1t, replied
| General Paine, with some hesitation.
"By no mcans.n returned Mr. Watson; come on
| board, too, and look her all over"
So General Paine proceeded to take In" the Thistle
Ex-Commodorc James ID. Smith, exCoinmodore ROD
| ert Confer j. +. Tams and Commodore A. Cass oan-
field, of the CoInthian Yacht Club and owner OF the
Priscilla were also among the visitors to the Scotch
boat and among those Of "minor note" but rather
important fellows on the day Of the race, were several
| OF the Volunteers
The work of sandpapeiing the Thistle was all COM
pleed on Wednesday and yesterday workmen we're busy
giving her a coat Of red paint below the wator-ihc
IL IL Scotch product and the Thises people brought
enough with them TO give her three coats III is pc
cuar composition which ressts rust and the gathering
OF slime and such other things usually foul ships
bottom after much immersion. When this coat OF
paint dries she will have another, and may be hoated
out OF the dry dock to-day Hero and there below the
waferllne and above II are few darkcoiorcd patches
that look like scabs tho Thistles shapey hull They
ind cato where tho famous cement" has cracked and
been knocked off previous to applying fresh iot Ihc
cement will only be put In these places Elsewhere
IL h stl sound One thing is to result from the
Thstlos visit whether she succeeds In capturing tha
mug or not: Yachtsmcn here Will find out all about
that cement and use it on steel hus. For there can
be no doubt that 1t saves great deal of bottom
| scrapng. cleaning and potieadng
Nany people people went sec the Thistle yester-
day and their admiration detained them long She Is
| a beauty that stand close inspection The won
derful symmetry OF her lines was ppandod by ALL
To one that is fond Of SMILES the Ihstc sug
cests an athlete lean, 1.-THE and active
distinguished for agility rather than strength The
Volunteer appears more bulky and conveys tho hea
immense lower Yet as matter % ia'' stII
the Thistle looks moro lLe racer, which Is usuaiy
the when soops are c9msTed win Ss Se soop sSa se
there all tho same and usually gt .se from the
rails of tho Volunteer, where carpenters we're at work
reducing the upper woodwork and planning % aJ"m the ,he
water line and coat d white paint above It. That
win be all sandpaperei over when dry ana another G
couple OF the Thstles officers visited the Volnn'
Tier TSy ydceisTc% that lat he wa powerful boat and 40
mIyd her sharp entrance, but strongly condemned the
manner In which she had been put together
Look here" said one Of them. standing & In n, front &
soT whs5s he could S s ne gw 81 tSSs SSe
wrinkles and creasss and bumps and ee sea@s rrsaf at
sTsllt on her de-ignor, but Is credit To her
builder. Tho Thistle ia much better put tosether"
condition would convey the impresson that Il Is much
worse than it Is, but everybody who has scon The two
boats admits that the workmanship on tne Ihsuc 10
| far superior 20 that on the Volunteer
MR. BELL TALKS ABOUT BOTH BOATS.
on Wednesday night at the rooms OF the New YORK
Yacht Club Mr.. Bell participated In an Interesting
conversation about sloops and cutters, and Incidentally
said some interesting things about the Thistle
81 see,p he sald that the critics hero seem agreed
that tho Thistle IL a lght-woather boat and would
bury her II pushed hard In rough sea- or else
lump lt clean Of watr, that she couldn be held
10 tho wind All can say 20 that Is that should
Ike TO sec It blow great guns in one OF the races 50
that they might nOtr the Thistles behavior. That
blow on Friday nothing TO what the Thistle mas
| her to bury her nose yet Why should she do y tney
Imagine that she has twenty tons OF lead tndro 90 w.,
being able lie close to the wind have yet c see the
mo when sho couldn't 90 IT, she may Sr r tnc nG ,he
| beat sea boat that ever stood on. have never
how In England accustomed 10 race In weather
that tests the wcahery qualities OF the yacht to tho
@so for boat to bury her deck half way undr
water what matters II The cutters are absolutely
safe W. reduce on them only TO Increase tho
spec, surely II worth something to feel that you
are on boat that is :afe wouldn't trnst try, myself,
csntrcboard boats at As regards the centre.
board want to shoT thst l. ,n Dose to go
vcnlcnt, outing up the cabin IL ought 10 be done
| away with"
| concerning the Volunteer Mr. Bell said: "she Is
boat that wouldn't be afraid to go Anywhere & IN shS
sYch a boat think that America owes great debt
OF gratitude General Paine aud Mr. Burgess for the
SS sSow go %sSs was in him Consider what yachting
to theml What sort oi siCSps had you oe,ore hs .ney
which 20 recently SuS came S near being sUn
xaebtsmsn in the world than General Paine no man
ss has dS"S 81 %%'S as Ss S iS
My'qp The Sl 9Ss gwna Fl hs rs cork
eeTnns the the Of the Thistle and Volunteer
cuttoT oa T9l',s TO, sloop ySlssisss SS e ,ss,
Length for tonnage lGeas isst
Length on water ins 30 feet so ss ss ~ ,sst
Depth o.a "a 70 I. isst edS bssS sss 5'e'
TON: cs ,or ;,n,s So s.
According to tho basis furnished by these last figures
.econds over the inside course isn't much; but 1t
may make all the difference between winning and losing Ing
the cup. However, most yachtsmen thihs .na' 'ho
yo uilI hay close